Ecuador: 16 dead in vehicle accidents first four days of 2013

Accidents on highways unchecked Ecuador

Eluniverso.com reported the following: Montecristi, Manabi. The bus that overturned is the coop. Fleet Imbabura. No one was killed.The disco bus 150 from the cooperative turned Imbabura Fleet at 05:50 yesterday, with eight passengers on board, at the height of the ring road in the section of the parish Leonidas Proaño in Montecristi. According to preliminary investigations, the driver, who fled after the accident, have lost track when going around a curve on wet roads. The Colombian John James, who was traveling in the bus covering the route Quito-Manta, said he only realized that the unit was pouring, but received no help from the driver. Two other accidents occurred in areas close to the bus fleet raised Imbabura. One was when a truck knocked a pole, prompting the suspension of electricity in Manta and Montecristi. In the first four days of the year, the country recorded eight accidents on roads left 16 dead. Read Article